I feel quieter than usual today. Can't quite place my finger on the reason, but I think it has something to do with the range of emotions experienced over the weekend. Saturday and Sunday presented as polar opposites through both the weather and my emotional tenure: chilly, rainy and moody juxtaposed with warm, bright and cheery. It's funny how my perception of things often mirrors mother nature. I've long-since realized how much my mind consistently aligns with the earth. Maybe that sounds hokey, but I believe it.

Good stuff worth sharing: new beautiful art books; an early bedtime that led to waking with the sun (sans alarm!) and burrowing under the covers to read while Tiho slept; thoughtful preparation of homemade meals; gourmet hot chocolate heated on the stove during a rainstorm; yellow tulips and pink alstroemeria; pausing to admire the canopy of blossoms on every street corner; jam-tasting and flower-sniffing at the Union Square green market; Sunday morning walk into town for coffee; freshly laundered sheets; barefoot tap dancing in the kitchen; and wishing I could make time stand still while simultaneously allowing myself to surrender to the experience as it passes on by...

I keep being amazed how radiant and inspiring your posts (and you) are! I love genuine and positive people who do stop every day to look and appreciate the little things in life and really, there are so few like them around!

I found myself slumping into a little 'down' moment on Sunday evening, after what was quite a cheery weekend. Funny how that just happens sometimes. Anyhow, your snaps are lovely as per usual. Let's hope we're both back to bubbly and happy soon, hey!

I would love to borrow some of your quietness (and that jar of Noir). I keep looking for my own every weekend, but it's so elusive. I'm trying again this week. All I want is one quiet day to myself. Just one.